Ohio city to pay $45,000 over parking ticket

Toledo lawyer to get settlement

12:06 PM,
Apr. 10, 2013

Written by

Catharine Hadley
Media Network of Central Ohio

A Toledo lawyer who sued the city over a parking ticket will receive a $45,000 settlement.

Jeffrey Zilba was issued a parking ticket in July 2011, then sued Port Clinton saying he never had a chance to challenge the ticket, and would face criminal charges if he did not pay the $20. In February, U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Knepp II agreed, saying the city violated Zilba's right to due process.

"The complaint, when it was received, was turned over to the city's insurance carrier," Law Director George Wilber said Tuesday. The carrier covered the cost of the city's defense, but not the damages. ...